I wouldn't consider Accenture a large software company. They do a lot of software "consultancy" (ie bodyshopping), but the nature of the consulting game plus their decentralized architecture (I've worked with Accenture, and the relationship between their different offices seems to be closer to co-franchisees than colleagues) means I wouldn't consider it a "big software company" (as in lots of people working on the same system/architecture

It doesn't matter anyway. Accenture is also an American company despite being incorporated in Ireland.

Yup they're not a big software company if you arbitrarily constrain the definition of software company.

I could argue Google is not a big software company (as in lots of people working with mismatching socks and propeller hats).

But that would be just as stupid.

What I mean is that the overwhelming majority of Accenture (or TCS, or Deloitte, or IBM Consulting, or Infosys, or any other bodyshop) employees aren’t building software for Accenture, they’re being hired out. So that’s why I don’t consider Accenture a “software” company

Would you consider Randstad to be a building company? They loan out hundreds of thousands of building contractors across the world

Baidu and Tencent are in China, hence why they were excluded from the discussion (since the poster specifically said US/China can't be trusted).

Accenture is American-Irish and listed on the NYSE. Subject to US jurisdiction from a national, not global level.